CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 46-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2339
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2339, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM BRANCH,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to make emergency appropriations to the Department of Health for the emergency medical services system branch.
This bill will alleviate a critical funding emergency that exists for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2006 by appropriating funds that will pay ambulance service contract collective bargaining costs, contract ambulance billing and collection costs, fuel, other ambulance service operating costs, and helicopter medical transport services.
Your Committee on Conference amended this bill by changing the amount to be appropriated from the general revenues to $6,601,552 to be distributed as follows:
(1) $2,982,938 for the city and county of Honolulu;
(2) $763,965 for the county of Hawaii;
(3) $279,685 for the American Medical Response-Maui;
(4) $126,121 for the American Medical Response-Kauai;
(5) $92,346 for contract ambulance billing and collection costs; and
(6) $2,356,497 for the Hawaii Army National Guard.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2339, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2339, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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